Pro-Iranian parties and armed groups denounce early poll results in Iraq legislative election as 'manipulation' and a 'scam'
A candidate speaks during an election rally in Baghdad, on October 7, 2021, while displayed on a banner near him is a portrait of the late Hashd al Shaabi commander Abu Mahdi al Muhandis.
Parties representing Iraq's Shia majority have dominated Iraqi politics since the aftermath of the invasion, but early results from Sunday's vote deepened a rift between powerful factions within that camp. The Fatah Alliance, previously the second largest bloc in parliament, suffered a sharp decline from 48 to only about a dozen seats, according to observers and initial results.
The head of the EU observer mission, Viola von Cramon, said the vote had been "calm and orderly" and that "there was nothing technically wrong with the majority of polling stations observed".READ MORE: One of Hashd's most powerful factions, the Hezbollah Brigades, rejected the election as "the biggest scam and rip-off the Iraqi people have been subjected to in modern history.
Iraq is a major oil producer but nearly a third of its almost 40 million people live in poverty, according to UN figures, and the Covid pandemic only deepened a long-running economic crisis.The protest movement ended after hundreds of demonstrators were killed. More activists have since been targeted in bloodshed and abductions which the movement blames on pro-Iran armed groups.
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